[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Since the 2006 World Cup, the USA has tried to replace veterans whose poise and toughness in critical situations carried the team through some very precarious moments. More than three years later, and with less than a year to go until World Cup 2010, where stands ... Read the whole story

WEEKEND COVERAGE: Soccer America Daily will be published Saturday and Sunday with coverage of the key USA-El Salvador World Cup 2010 qualifier and all the other major soccer news. Watch for your Daily at the usual time ... Read the whole story

[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa moves into the home stretch with the second-to-last Saturday-Wednesday fixtures in Europe and South America. For a look at how things stand in all the continental groups and the weekend's television viewing schedule ... Read the whole story

[MLS PREDICTIONS] The international schedule shrinks the MLS menu to just three games, all with crucial playoff consequences for at least one of the participating teams. The national telecast is on Fox Soccer Channel, and showcases the first of back-to-back meetings matching Colorado and Toronto, which are separated by just ... Read the whole story

[MLS] D.C. United announced, without details, that it will discipline its goalkeeper Josh Wicks, who set the team on the course to its U.S. Open Cup final loss to Seattle on Wednesday by getting red-carded for stomping on Fredy Montero after he scored in the 2-1 Sounders' win. In United's ... Read the whole story

[USL-1] Errol McFarlane's second goal of the game in the 90th minute gave the Rochester Rhinos a 2-1 win over the Portland Timbers and snapped the Timbers' USL First Division-record unbeaten streak at 24 games. Read the whole story

"I think he's the epitome of a captain. He's capable of playing with the best players. He's an intelligent and gifted footballer. He's also a good athlete, and given that those legs are starting to get on in years now, he still covers a lot of ground. He can mix it with the best people in the league. It's not always about the finer points. I thought those finer points we still achieved to a decent degree. But those other qualities are very, very hard to come by in players. Very hard."-- Rapids coach Gary Smith focuses on the positives ...More